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David Buckingham:

About:

David Buckingham roams the windblown alleys, abandoned factories, gritty industrial areas, dodgy neighborhoods, and low deserts of Southern California in search of the cast away, the discarded, the forgotten: old 55-gallon barrels, wheelbarrows, tool boxes, road signs, tractor parts, car doors, gas cans, etc. These battered relics are carted to a dusty studio in downtown Los Angeles where they are muscled into works of art with a bewildering array of power tools and sheer force of will. All colors are original as found; David Buckingham is no painter.

CV:

Education Loyola University, New Orleans, B.A. Communications, 1984 The Rivington School, New York City Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 If I Only Had a Brain, Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco 2016 What A Long Strange Trip It's Been, Caldwell Snyder CA 2015 Strong Medicine, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans 2014 Tune In Turn On Drop Out, Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco Under the Influence, Scream, London 2013 Better Dead Than Red, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, USA 2012 Hell Is Other People, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA Pleased To Meet Me, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA 2011 Hung Like Elvis, Kit Schulte Contemporary, Berlin, Germany 2010 I Speak as I Please, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 As The World Burns, Packer/Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL Me Love You Long Time, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA As Seen on TV, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 Dark Side of the Sun, O.K. Harris, New York, NY How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007 No More Greasy Kid Stuff, Packer/Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL Playing With Fire, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2006 Danger: High Voltage, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2005 Blood and Iron, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA California Screaming: New Work from Los Angeles, Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Art 14, Scream booth, London, UK 2013 Telling Tales, Scream, London, UK Summer Exhibition, Scream, London, UK Scope Basel – Scream booth, Basel, Switzerland London Art Fair 2013, Scream booth, London 2009 The Gun Show, dA Center for the Arts, Ponoma, CA LA to OC: Extreme, Orange County Center for the Arts, Santa Ana, CA 2008 St Claude Collective @ Prospect1, New Orleans, LA Inaugural Group Show, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Brad Benedict’s Sideshow, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Brad Benedict’s Sideshow II Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Intervention, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2007 Greetings From the American Dream, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA Archeofacts, Cain Shulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 In Harm’s Way Curated by Dan Tague Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY Katrina You Bitch, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Press:

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  1. Hurst, Brittany. “Check Out David Buckingham’s Artwork.” VoyageLA, 19 Dec. 2018,
    https://voyagela.com/interview/check-david-buckinghams-artwork/

  2. Spectrum News 1. “Studio Visit: David Buckingham.” Spectrum News 1, 11 Mar. 2019,
    https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/news/2019/03/11/studio-visit--david-buckingham

  3. “David Buckingham.” MM Galleries,
    https://www.mmgalleries.com/artists/buckingham_about.html

  4. “David Buckingham.” Ren Gallery,
    https://www.rengallery.com/artists/david-buckingham

  5. “David Buckingham.” Casterline|Goodman Gallery,
    https://www.casterlinegoodman.com/artists/210-david-buckingham/

  6. “David Buckingham: Artist Reception July 3, 2025.” Casterline|Goodman Gallery, 16 June–15 July 2025,
    https://www.casterlinegoodman.com/viewing-room/61-david-buckingham-artist-reception-july-3-2025-5-7pm/

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